Easel



(No model) T. L. FISHER.

EASE'L.

N0. 278,116. Patented May 22,1883.

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PATENT TIMOTHY L. FISHER, OF ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

EASEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,116, dated May 22,1883.

Application filed March 19, 1883 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, TIMOTHY L. FISHER, of Arlington, in the county ofMiddlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Easels, of which the following is a descriptionsufficiently full,

clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science towhich said invention appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure'l is an isometrical perspective view,representing the easel in use and attached to a table; Fig. 2, a likeview representing it mounted on a tripod; and Fig. 3, a perspectiveview, showing the clamp and method of attaching the rest to the body ofthe easel.

. Likeletters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thedifl'erent figures of the drawin gs.

My invention relates to the class of easels which are used by artists inpainting, sketching, &c.; and itconsistsin a novel construction andarrangement of the parts,-as hereinafter more fully set forth andclaimed, by which a more effective device of this character is producedthan is now in ordinary use. A necessity has long existed for an easelof this character adapted to be attached to a table, shelf, or anyconvenient support, and which does not require a stand constructedespecially for it. My invention is designed to meet this requirement;and to that end I make use of means which will be readily understood byall conversant with such matters from the following explanation, itsextreme simplicity rendering an elaborate description unnecessary.

In the drawings, A represents the body or bar of the easel, B the rest,and O the holder.

The body is grooved longitudinally on its edges, as shown at m, toreceive the plates K. These plates' are attached to the under side oftherest and bolder and extend into the grooves, as shown in Fig. 3,thereby securing the rest and holder to the body and adapting them toslide thereon.

A compound clamp is employed for attaching the easel to itssupport. Thisclamp consists of the main clamp D and auxiliary clamp E. The main clamphas two horizontally-projecting jaws, ff, and also twolaterally-projecting flanges, z 2, its lower jaw being provided with avertically-arranged thumb-screw, L. The auxiliary clamp E is attached tothe body of the easel by the screws 1), and is provided'with twoflanges, d d, between which the flattened body of the clamp D isinserted by the bolt a and nut 71.. The bolt passes entirely through theflanges d dand body of the clamp D, and at its end opposite the-nut isprovided with the head i, so that when the nut is turned in the flangesd, which yield slightly, the flanges grasp the clamp D, and therebysecure the body A "at any desired angle.

In the use of my improvement thejawsff of the clamp D are passed overthe edge of the table G, and the thumb-screw L turned in until the easelis firmly attached thereto, the flanges z preventing it from canting orturning sidewise. The nut n is then loosened, the body A adjusted at aproper angle, and the nut turned in until the body is secured inposition. The rest B is next adjusted on the body and fastened by thescrew I, after which the canvas H may be placed on the easel, andsecured by the holder 0 and screw m in a manner .which will be readilyobvious without a more explicit description.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is- 1. The improvedeasel herein described, the same consisting of the body A, provided withthe grooves-0c, rest B, and holder 0, the clamp D, provided withthejawsfand screw L, and the clamp E, provided with the flanges d, bolta, and nut 12, constructed, combined, and arranged to operatesubstantially as set forth.

2. In an easel, the clamp D, provided with the jawsj'flflahges z z, andscrew L, in combination with the clamp E, provided with the flangesrl(1, bolt a, and nut 11, substantially as set forth.

TIMOTHY L. EIsHEE.

Witnesses:

O. A. SHAW, L. J. WHITE.

